Climate Focus is an advisory company committed to the development of policies and projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Our international and multidisciplinary team works closely with companies, governments and non-governmental organizations on reducing emissions in energy, households, industry, agriculture and forestry.
Climate Focus is an independent expert in international and national climate law, policies, project design and finance. We have been pioneering carbon markets ever since their inception. We aim to find a creative and unique solution for every single client, ranging from the development of policies to protect the rainforest to structuring greenhouse gas mitigation projects in the energy sector. Our advice is rooted in a profound knowledge of climate change policies, emission trading schemes and project development.
Climate Focus has offices in Amsterdam and Washington DC and representatives in São Paulo, Lisbon and Bangkok. We complement our core team with a broad network of in-country and specialized partners.
VCS is developing the groundbreaking Jurisdictional and Nested REDD Initiative to provide a pathway for scaling up REDD activities. The initiative is convening policymakers, practitioners and technical experts from around the world to develop guidelines for creating robust accounting frameworks that will allow for crediting REDD projects, policies and programs across national and sub-national jurisdictions.
Peatlands provide many important ecosystem services, including water regulation, biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration and storage. Because of the enormous size of the peat carbon pool, its high sensitivity for disturbance, the large emissions from a small land area (which continue long after conversion), and the virtual irreversibility of peat carbon losses, any further degradation of the peatland resource should be prevented. Peatland conservation, restoration and water management are low-hanging fruits for climate finance mitigation and climate-smart agriculture (CSA).
Robert O'Sullivan contributed to a new publication titled "Peatlands - guidance for climate change mitigation by conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable use." The publication is a useful handbookfor policy makers, technical audiences and others interested in peatland management and is published jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Wetlands International. To access the complete publication click here.
Jointly with other thought leaders in the debate on international environmental policy, Charlotte Streck contributed a commentary to the 20th Anniversary issue of the Journal of Environment and Development on the state and prospects of international climate negotiations. Click here to read the commentary.
Ernestine Meijer of Climate Focus and Wienke Zwier of AKD published an article reviewing the recent proposal for a new Dutch nature conservation law in the March issue of the Dutch Law Journal "Tijdschrift voor Milieu en Recht". Read more...
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